Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1892 — TRAIN ROBBERS AGAIN. [ARTICLE]

TRAIN ROBBERS AGAIN.

A Santa Fe Train “Held Up” and Conaidarable Money Taken. The south bound Santa Fe train was “held up” at 9:45 Thursday night by masked robbers, at the stock yards, near the station of Red Rock, in the Cherokee Strip. The train was flagged and the engineer and flrtftnan were taken prisoners. The robbers then entered the express car, broke open the safe and secured its contents. The amount obtained is said to be $5»;000. The passengers were not molested. Deputy United States Marshal Madsen,at Guthrie, has been notified, and will organize a posse and start in pursuit of the gang, the number of which is unknown. The money obtained is thought to have been intended for Indian payments. The express company officials My tha! the robbers got less than *5,000. .